Umbrella organization for Hungarian public service media

MTVA

Since its foundation in 2011, MTVA has unified and streamlined all content production and asset management activities for the entire Hungarian public service media, thus becoming the largest media service organization in Hungary.

MTVA - in co-operation with Duna Media Service Non-Profit Ltd.

MTVA

Whilst producing content for television, radio, online platforms and news agencies, MTVA also manages all assets on behalf of the Hungarian public service broadcaster Duna Media Service Non-Profit Ltd. MTVA also provides support with content production and acquisition. MTVA operates 6 television channels, 9 radio stations, a news agency (MTI) and numerous new media outlets.

National and local identity

MTVA

MTVA successfully combines a national and a local identity via extensive programming cooperation with media partners around the Carpathian Basin

Broadcasting reach

MTVA

MTVA provides approximately 40,000 hours of television, as well as 52,000 hours of radio programming each year. Programmes are also transmitted beyond Hungary - to Europe, the American continent and Australia. MTVA’s content is broadcast daily into an estimated 99% of Hungarian homes

Participants and new jury members of the Hungarian national selection show A Dal 2016 revealed

BBCThe contestants, new jury members and innovations for 2016 have been announced at a press event held on 15 December 2015 in Budapest. MTVA (Media Service Support and Asset Management Fund) and Duna Media Service Provider Ltd. have received 372 submissions. A panel of 10 expert judges selected the 30 participants for next year’s instalment. The first heat of A Dal 2016 will be broadcast on 23 January 2016. This will be followed by two other heats on the subsequent Saturdays. The two semi-finals will take place on 13 February and 20 February and the final will take place on 27 February.

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A Dal ( “The Song” ) a popular national selection format developed by the Hungarian public service broadcaster will serve as a platform for the fifth time in 2016 to select the Hungarian entry for the 61th Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm,...

Young audiences are the focus of this year’s celebration of World Television Day on 21 November – as declared by the United Nations in 1996. On this occasion the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the Association of Commercial Television in Europe...

The second CIRCOM – MTVA Mobile Journalism Challenge - an exclusive and unique opportunity for CIRCOM member journalists – will take place in Budapest. CIRCOM and MTVA will host 22 journalists in Budapest, from 4 to 11 October 2015, taking part in...

The Hungarian public considers sports to be of great cultural value: the country has an outstanding sporting scene and rich sporting traditions. MTVA therefore decided to establish a sports channel that is accessible to everyone throughout the...

The four Hungarian public service broadcasters have merged on 1 July. Hungarian Television, Hungarian Radio, Duna Television and the Hungarian News Agency continue to operate as part of Duna Media Service Non-Profit Ltd. In accordance with the...

Director Generals of the public service broadcasters of the countries of the Visegrád Group signed a cooperation agreement on 18 June 2015. The purpose of the agreement initiated by the Hungarian PSB is to strengthen the ties between the public...

We would like to inform the viewers of the Hungarian public service media channels that the standard resolution (SD) broadcast of channels M1, M2, Duna and Duna World on Eutelsat 9A will end as of 30 June 2015. The modern high resolution (HD)...